Vaporizer.



PATENTED JAN. 2a, 1908.

s. H.Gi1I-ZBE-R (s; A. WBILAND.

VAPORIZERf APPLICATION r1121) Jam: 8. 1901. h "mbsnm I T6 GOVERNGR 9 0; human:

UNITED STATE-s PATEXT OFFICE.

GEORGE IL GERBER AND ALFRED \YEILAXD, Ol It F \DIXG, PENNSYLVANIA; SAID \YI EIIAND ASSIGX R TO GERBER.

VAPORIZER.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

' I Applicaiinn and June 5.1907. Serial. No. 377.879.

and ALFRED \\'r.u..\.\'n. citizens of tho t'nitod Statcs, residing at lloadmg. in tho count of i Berks and State of loi:us \'l\'anla havo invoutod cortain now and usot'ul Improronwuts in Yaporizors: and wo do horohy dcclaro tho following to ho a, lull. cloar. and oxact dosoriptinn of tho invontion, such as will enable othors skillod in tho art to which it apportaius to maho and uso tho samo.

()ur invoutiou rolatos primarily to cxplosivo gas onginos. and has cspocial rrt'm'onco to \zlporiZors, has for its ohjoct ocouonty in use of h \'drocurhon oil in tluproparatiou of an oxplosivogasoous mixturo t'or cngiuos. and consists in cortain improvomonts in construction, whozolu' tho [low of tho oil is induct-(l, tho oil lioalctl and couvortcd into gas by air undo! prossuro in transit around tho I vulotl with a nut 15 to sot the nozzle 1n nozzhor spra \'-hoad of tho \aporizor in a passago, whoso aroa is varit-d to rogulato tho powor ol tho ougino aocording to tho load on tho cngiuo or tho \\orl'\ roquirod to ho douo. as will In full tli ulust'tl in tho following spocilicatiou and claim In tho accompauym; drawings, which form part of this spi-ciliration: l-iguro t roprosouts a sidtoh-vati u partly in soction f a mixor and \'a -orizcr omhod \'in; our in- \'oution. tion of tho sumo. Fig. I; an ilnortod plan viow of tho lu-ad of tho }H':l;\'-lttjl(l or \aporizrr, on an onlzn'gcd scalo. Fig. l a top plan viow ol' llN gm'crnor or lhrottlo valro 'dttacllod. and on an onlargod scalo, and lig.

5 a \ol'ticul sot-l i n of tho sumo.

llol'orouco living had to tho drawings :nul thciudit-atiug charactcrs tlnuoou. tho nu-' moral l imlit'atos tho caso nl' luul of tho mixor'aud \aporizor. J. 3. air i dots or induction passagos cou rm-ti-d t lH couuoctod to u conllu'ossion ond f ou or moro cnflilu' 'liudors, not shown, In suppl air uudor prossuro, ll. 2%, arc chm-k vahos in tho supply pipos -t, 4, hold to thoir oats l prings l'. 4'. and opt-nod or raisod l, tho prossuro of tho air.

5, 5, aro gas outlot oroductiou passagos,

'from which a gasoous mixturo or carluu-otod air is couductod to into or moro oxplosiw ongun: cyhndors, not shown. hon only; ouo cylinder is usod (mo ol tho an inlet pa sngos l-ig. a \ortioal transvorso .so---.

= tho nozzlo, draw or suck tho oil out of the and ono of tho gas outlet passagos are closed, tho olosuro hoin; 'made in opposito sidos of tho (-aso to provout intorforing with tho natural tlow of tho air and tho gas.

it is a t 'ansvorso partition in uhich is an oponing T. and above tho partition is a cham- S indii-at s an annular 'H\'tlll(il' or tlllnttlL Valvo. which normally rostson tho partition ti, and is providod with a mixiu; chamlior t) and with an inwardly projootiug and inolinod annular soat In. on which aro \'o!tit ':ll projoctions ll. 1]. f a width oqual to tho width it tho watrr dischargo pa sagos in tlmvnporizor or spray hoad. and is proviZh-d with an opouiug 1; as will horohmtlor moro fully appoar.

t3 iutlicatos tho body of tho nozzle adjust-ably,sccurodin a. boss H b a scrowthroadod connection therewith, and is. pro

propcr relation to the opouin; 7 in the par tition t3, and tho oponi:i; 12 in the governor or throttle vulvo J. Tho nozzle 13, is tubular or hollow and is providodwith a conical u'ppor oud Hi. the anglo of whose exterior corresponds with tho auglo ot' the seat 10 to l'orlnan annular passago t7 hetwoon tho part .It' and tho soat l0, tho purpose ofwhich is to increaso tho \'olooit ot' the air in transit throughtho pa sago IT. and hcat tho Oll 1n uozzlo and oonvort tho oil into gas as it IS- .suos from tho nozzlo and connningles with tho air in tho mixing ohamht-r 9 in the throttlo \alvo.

IN is tho hoad of tho nozzlo, on whoso 'uudcrsido nro rihs l). fltl'llllll}: oil chanih math-ally from a rosorroir .24 ntrollod by a. limit, 21:) with :1 \'al\'c it; ou; 'a; iu; tho ond of tho wator supply pipo 27, and b)" a noodle valvo 2h ougagiu; u scat .29 in pipo 30, from which pipo \HHN' tlows into chainhor it and thou through ports 3; into I hc cluunhcrlii.

:Tho. water chamber 31 is of sutlicieut;

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width to allow the body 13 to be adjusted vertically for the purpose of setting the head 18 in proper tinal relation to the wall of the valve 9, without throwing the ports 32 out of register therewith.

Within the head 18 of extend lateral ports or passages 34, regulated by a needle valve 35 extending through the neck 22 and forming an annular oil chamber 36 around the stem 37 of the needle valve. The ports 34 communicate with the oil chainbers 23 I1 the underside of the head 18 of the "l nozzle, and oil is supplied automat cally to ing the end of the oil supply pipe 41.

- stem 37 extends through the stulliiig-bo'x the chamber 36, from a reservoir 38 and controlled by a float 39 having a valve 40 engag- 'lhe oil flows from reservoir 38, through pipe 42 into chamber 43 and then up into'passage 36, and is regulated by the needle valve :55 whose 44, and is provided with a'disk 45.

The throttle valve 9 is provided with a transverse pin 46 engaged by a rod 47 connected to a crank 49, whose shaft 49 extends through the wall of the cap or housing 50 and is attached to a rod or lever 51 \Yllit'llllltt) be operated manually or by a connection with a governor, not shown, to raise and lower the throttle valve J to graduate tlie'area of the contracted passage 17 and thereby regulate the supply of air, and cut oil the su ply of water by the projections l1 closing the water discharge assage in the vaporizer.

Water is supp led in sullicient quantity to maintain the temperature of the walls ofthe explosion'chainber in the engine cylinder at such a point as to prevent premature ignition of the gaseous mixture therein, and the.

supply of the water is regulated according to the work on the engine by the manipulation 'of the throttle valre and its projections 1,].

0n the shaft 49 is a conical head 52 which engages-a conical seat 53, and surrounding the boss 54 is a helically coiled spring 5'5, to

hold the head 52 to its seat and prevcnt the escape or leakage of gas around said shaft.

In the operation .of the device, the supply of the liquid fuel and the water is maintained automatically at a constant level in the "chambers 20 and 21 by the floats 25 and 29 in the respective reservoirs 24 and 33. Air from the air compression chamber of the engine travels through the passage l7 and!- duces the ilow of the oil and water from the chambers or reservoirs 20and 21 respectively in greater or less quantities as. the load on the engine varies.

i It is obvious that changes may be made in the form and in the details of construction without departing i'romthe spirit of our in vention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim is- 1. A vaporizer provided with an inletthe nozzle or spray-- head is a conical valve seat 33, from which passage for air, an outlet-passage for gaseous vapor, a passage Jetween said air and vapor passages, and an adjiistableiliquid fuel and water supply nozzle concentrically arranged in the latter passage, forming one wall'there- 0f,.and from which the liquid fuel and water are discharged into the air in transit through said passage.

2. A vaporizer provided with an inlet passage for air, a valve in the passage, -an' outlet passage for gaseous vapor, an annularpassage between said air and vapor passages,

4. A vaporizerprovided with an air inlet passage, an out let passage for gaseous vapor, a contracted passage between said air and vapor passages and a liquid fuel and water.

supply nozzle adjustable in said contracted passage to vary the area thereof, and whose discharge is induced by .the air in transit.

5. A vaporizerprovidedwilhzinairsupply passage, and a vapor discharge passage, an

annular passage between said airand vapor passages, a valve controlling the latter pas;

sage, and a liquid fuel supply nozzle forming one wall of said passage and adjustable therein to vary the area thereof, and arranged in the path of the air and healed thereby.

6. A vaporizer provided with an air supplypassagc, and a vapor discharge passage, an annular passage ictweeii' said air and vapor passages, a liquid fuel su )ply nozzle arranged in the latter passage and adjustable therein to vary the area thereof, and a valve for varying the area of said lat-torpassage.

7. Avaporizcr provided with an air sup- I pl y passage, and a vapor d scharge passage, a passage between said air and vapor passages,

a liquid fuel sup ily nozzle in the latter passage, adjustable tlierein to vary the area thereof, and a valve for latter passage.

S. A'vaporizer provided with an air supvarying the area of saidply passage, and a vapor discharge passage,

a passage between said air and vapor passages, and a liquid fuel supply. nozzle adjustable in the latter area thereof.

9. A vaporizer provided with an air supply passage, and a vapor discharge passage, a passage between said air and va )or passages, a liquid fuel nnd water supp y nozzle adjustable in he latter passage to vary the passage to vary thearea thereof, and means for automatically controlling the supply of fuel under varying loads on the engine.

ll). A vaporizer provided with an air suppl) passage and a vapor dist-barge passage, a

.passage between said air and .vapor passages.

a liquid luv! and water suppl nozzle in the latter passage and adjustable therein to var v the area thereof. and'means for automaticallv regulating the supply of air and-the upply of t'uel under varying hauls on the engine.

I I vaporizer provided with an air supply passage and a vapor dist-barge passage, a passage between said air and vapor passages. a liquid fuel and water supply nozzle. and HH'HH's l'or automatirally regulating the area of the latter passage and the supply of l'uel and water under varying loads on the engine.

' l'.2 vaporizer provided with an air stippl v pas age and a vapor disrbarge passage. a passage between said air and vapor passages and a nozzle adjustable in the latter passage for varying the area thereof and for supplying liquid lite! and water intermediate said air and vapor pa sages 7 J3. vap rizer provided with an air-supplv passage and a vapor dist-barge passagtu a' passage lwuveen said 'air and vapor p.-iss.-iges. an adjustable n zzle in the latter passage tor supplying fuel and water and for distributing the water in the air and the fuel. and a valve for varying the suppl v olair. fuel and water automatirallv.

H. vaporize" provided with an air supply passage and a vapor dist-barge passage. a. passage normally open between said an and vapor passages. and a fuel supply nozzle having a reservoir in its dist-barge end, arranged ('onreutrirallv in the latter passage and adjustable therein to var v the area thereof. 1

15. A vaporizer provided with an air supplv passage and a vapor discharge passage, a passage between said air and vapor essages, an adjustable fuel and water supp j nozzle roneentrieally arranged in the latter passage, means for automatit-ally regulating the sup- )l of liquid fuel and water, and for regulating the supply of air through the latter passage under varying loads on the engine.

Hi. A vaporizer provided with an air inlet passage. and a vapor dist-barge passage, (03 eentrirally arranged fuel and water chains bers, a passage between said air and vapor passages surrounding said fuel and water t-hambers and means for varvin the area of the lattrr passage under varying ends on the engine.

17. A vaporizer provided with an air inlet mssage and r. vapor discharge passage, 8. iquid fuel and water supply nozzle whose body extends through the case of the vaporizer and is adjustable from the outside of the ('use. a passage for air surrounding said nozzle and a valve automatically adustable for ('ontrolling the upply of air through the latter passage.

ls. A vaporizer provided with an air inlet utssngt' and a vapor discharge passage, 21 iquid fuel and water supply nozzle whose body extends throu h the case of the vaporizer and is adiustabie from the outside of the ease. a passa e for air surrounding said'nozzle, and a valve for rontrolling the supply of air through said latter passage, and provided with a mixing chamber.

In testimony whereof we atfixour signatures, in presente of two witnesses:

GEORGE H. GERBER. ALFRED WEILAND.

Witnesses:

Emma W. DECK, Arr-:rna llrve'rr.

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